The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-09-01


for long time entertained. We spent SO
much time in his Office that we had only |
time to ask restaurant man to wrap us up
a sandwich or two in place of the dinner
we did not have time to eat. After the
train had started we opened it, and found
the skin-covered bones belonging to two
wings of some Anticipated rar0 dcss, whose
species is long since extinct.
On the home trip we had the pleasure OF
being with Ben Hardy, of the Chronicle,
Battle, of the Observer, and Lawyer Geo.
w. Blount, of Wilson, all of whom were
on their way to Raleigh.
OXFORD ITEMS.
Mrs Frank Royster, who has been quite
ill for several weeks, we are sorry to note,
is no better.
The burnt district is nearly all covered
with new brick structures, Henderson
contractors doing most of the work, the
two Kivetts, father and son, having each
several contracts, while l. l. Fuller has
charge of the Herndon buildings which are
numerous and among the most slightly OF
those in process of erection.
There will be five warehouses open for
business on the 18th inst.
r. S. Usry is building a brick ten pin
alley one hundred feet long in rear of his
store, next door to the Johnston warehouse.
The Bullock s. Mitchell warehouse is
about completed, and readers of the GOLD
LEAF will hear more of how nicely 1t IS
arranged, and what a good place it is
going to be to sell tobacco.
The surveying corps Of the Clarksville
& Oxford railroad, presided over by that
dignified old Virginia gentleman. Col.
Moncure, of Stafford county, passed through
on Tuesday and took camp mile or more
South of town. They are instructed to
make an immediate survey of a route from
Oxford to Durham.
Messrs. Davis & Gregory will take
charge of the new Johnston warehouse,
now about finished, on the 18th inst. With
Tom Washington, Ben Tharpe and the
balance of their judiciOus selection of as
sistants, we can almost see the silver lin
ing on the horizon of their future success.
Had pleasant chat with Brother "Buck"
Gregory in the Iorchltght office. who
showed us some kind words he was going
to print about the GOLD LEAF. Bro. q. is
much improved by his trip to Panacea, and
we hope he will continue to grow fat till
Richards himself again"
Mrs Adcock, near Satterwhite's shop,
died on Sunday last at the advanced aged
of 81 years and on the same day MIR.
Samuel Watkins, of Youngs Y Roads,
departed this life after sojourn here of
| IS years.
The german at Burwell Hall on Tuesday
night was, par excellence, tue dance Of the
season. Not only the bellies of Hender-
son, but those of neighboring towns graced
the OCCASION, and supported by the arms CT
Hendersou's graceful beaux, wended their
way through the mystic and enhancing
muses. of Cupid's frolic. Tho not so young
as we used to vas the inspiration of the
occasion made US fell that our heart
weighed ton and that we were on the
| very ere of a cliff from which we hope we
will not lose our footing and fall in an
abyss of utter dispair; and while we do
not wish to appear egotistical, we do claim
to have as much H(s)art as any other man
and prove it when occasion offers. Among
those of the masculine persuasion present
who had huge" time were Ii. Perry of
Internal Revenue department, and j. P.
| Taylor, the Lord Chesterfield (since II
NJ. Cannon's absence) of the Tobacco
| Trade, and We 81 Man on the Outside. -
Boys it's nice, and zoe don't care If you do
! so again.
| 1t was a great pleasure TO see our old
friend and countyman Jno. b. Boyd here
on Tuesday When we first embarked on
! the uncertain sea in which most newspaper
men are swamped, John was a toddling
/ Kid Now, he is the affable and pop
alar salesman Of one of the best wholesale
/ shoe houses in the South, and we take great
pleasure in noting the fact that on Tuesday
he sold to our enterprising new firm. Barnes
| Stainback & Co., large bill Of the 5es,
goods kept by August Wright, of Peters
] burg, Va. Both seller and buyers have the
best whistles Of the GOLD LEAP, whose
services they can always command.
! Bob Wilson, Of the Richmond Tobacco
! Co, whose personal popularity, is not less
than the concern he represents, was in
town on Tuesday meeting with the success
he and his house richly deserve,